Downpours, thunderstorms, disrupt Yoruba campaigners in Osogbo
Downpours and wind on Saturday dispersed agitators of Yoruba Nation at the popular Nelson Mandela Freedom park via Old garage area of Osogbo capital of Osun State on Saturday afternoon.…
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#EndSARS: Two police brutality victims receive N11m compensation
Etim Effiong Two victims of police brutality during #EndSARS protests have received cheques of N11m compensation from the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution. The chairman of the panel, Justice…
Three killed during attack on Customs official
Three persons were killed while trying to abduct a Customs officer in Iseyin. The attack happened on Thursday, May 13, 2021 when some dare devil smugglers mobilized themselves with the…
Ebonyi loses Commissioner of Housing, Uche Okah
Etim Effiong The Commissioner for Housing, Ebonyi State, Uche Okah has died from an undisclosed illness. It was learnt that Uche died on Friday at a hospital in Abuja. Governor…
Bayelsa imposes curfew from 8pm to 6am
Bayelsa State Government has announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state as one of the measures to the spread of the surging trait of the new variants of COVID-19. The…
Presidency speaks on wanted man over $65m fraud declared as Buhari’s son-in-law
The Presidency has clarified the relationship between Gimba Yau Kumo and President Muhammadu Buhari. Yau Kumo is one of the three persons declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and…
Police rescue another abandoned one month old baby in Lagos
Etim Ekpimah The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday, May 14, 2021 around 8 am, rescued another one-month-old female child that was abandoned at the junction of Odun-Ade Filling Station…
Man allegedly knocks down friend by vehicle to avoid paying N30,000 debt
Etim Effiong A young man has allegedly run over his friend by a vehicle to avoid paying a debt of N30,000 he owed the deceased. Essien Akpoiko James, the son…
Bandits demanding N100m after N60m ransom, Kaduna varsity students’ parents lament
https://youtu.be/KJwU-N66758 Aggrieved parents of the remaining 20 abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State have appealed to the Federal Government to urgently assist them in rescuing their children in…
Israel-Gaza: All-out war possible in Israel, as tension mount on the border with Gaza
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Murdered job seeker Ini Umoren buried in A’Ibom
The body of Iniobiong Umoren also known as Hinny Humoren has been committed to mother earth. Ini who was declared missing after she went for a job interview in Uyo,…
Two Nigerian women among survivors of Tunisian shipwreck
A shipwreck off Tunis has claimed the lives of 17 African migrants while two Nigerian women were rescued as they tried to move to Italy from Libya by crossing the…
‘JAMB likely to change 2021 UTME date’
The possibility of shifting the date for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is very high, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq…
Police arrest foreigner for selling over 4,500 rifles to bandits
Etim Effiong The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Zamfara State Command have paraded a foreigner, one Shehu Ali Kachalla, for gunrunning in Nigeria. The police also paraded four other…
Ondo varsity student dies of suicide
Etim Effiong Feranmi Fasunle Omowunmi, 19 and 200-level student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, reportedly died of suicide on Thursday. An online news, thewhisperer.ng, said Omowunmi with…
Delta police apprehend Prince Frankline, police officers alleged killers
Etim Effiong The operatives of Delta State Police Command have arrested seven suspects over alleged murder of Prince Frankline of Orhuwhorun community in Udu Local Government Area. Frankline was said…
Former defence minister Joshua Dogonyaro dies
Etim Effiong Former Minister of Defence during the Sani Abacha regime, Joshua Dogonyaro, is dead. He was 80 years old. His first son Joseph disclosed this to the News Agency…
MOSIEND condemns deployment of troops to South-South, South-East regions
Nathan Tamarapreye, Yenagoa Pan Niger Delta group, Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationalities in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has criticised the new security measures announced by President Mohammadu…
Chief Imam asks Nigerians to coexist peacefully
Akpan Umoh, Uyo The Chief Imam of Uyo Central Mosque, Alhaji Bello Tahiru Mohammed, has asked Nigerians, no matter their religious or ethnic differences to coexist in peace with one…
21-year-old man hangs himself after 18-year-old new wife refused to have sex with him
A tragic incident occurred at Somabula in Zimbabwe on Tuesday last week, as a 21-year-old Gweru man committed suicide by hanging after he was reportedly denied conjugal rights by his 18-year-old wife.…
Six killed in Abeokuta gas cylinder explosion
Etim Effiong At least six persons, including an infant, have been confirmed dead when a refrigerator gas cylinder exploded in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The explosion, which happened around…
Insecurity: Lagos NAWOJ prays for Nigeria
Etim Effiong The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Lagos State, has joined other women journalists across the country to seek divine intervention over the insecurity challenges facing the nation.…
NDLEA nabs former LG vice chairman with cocaine at Lagos Airport
Etim Effiong Former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area, Asekun Kehinde Sakiru has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on May 12 for…
Fears of ‘Full-Scale War’ as Israel-Palestinian clashes kill 56
Relentless rocket fire and rioting in mixed Jewish-Arab towns fuelled growing fears Wednesday that violence between Israel and Palestinians that has claimed 56 lives could spiral into “full-scale war”. Israel’s…
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